Stranger in a Strange Land: 2026

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

To Laugh Often And Much - A Quotation by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) A New England preacher, essayist, lecturer, poet, and philosopher and one of the most influential writers and thinkers of the 19th century in the United States.

As A Child I Felt Myself To Be Alone - A Quotation by Carl Jung

Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) was one of the pioneers of modern depth psychology and psychoanalysis.

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Why Miyamoto Musashi Chose Isolation Over Belonging

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAu0KulExZE

Before death claimed him, Musashi wrote twenty-one principles. Twenty-one laws for living. Twenty-one truths distilled from a lifetime of combat, solitude, discipline, and walking alone. He called it Dokkōdō — The Way of Walking Alone. This video is a cinematic philosophical interpretation inspired by Musashi’s teachings, including ideas found in The Book of Five Rings and his final precepts. It is not a literal reading — it is a story-driven exploration of what those principles mean when lived, tested, and paid for in reality. These are not gentle guidelines. They are brutal truths: Accept everything exactly as it is. Do not seek pleasure for its own sake. Never be jealous. Do not fear death. Never stray from the Way. Musashi wrote these principles not from a palace, but from Reigandō Cave, after years of isolation spent refining both sword and mind. He entrusted the completed scroll to his student Terao Magonojo shortly before his death — his final transmission. Through the story of a desperate young ronin named Takeshi, this video shows how the twenty-one precepts are learned the only way Musashi believed mattered: through experience. Through hunger, loss, solitude, choice, restraint, and survival in feudal Japan. In a modern world addicted to comfort, validation, distraction, and noise, the Dokkōdō cuts through illusion. It teaches detachment without weakness, solitude without despair, and discipline without ego. This is not motivation. This is warrior philosophy — inspired by Musashi’s writings and spirit — forged for those who refuse to be weak. The scroll survived nearly four centuries. The question is simple: are you strong enough to live by it? Subscribe to ‪@Presence-Purpose‬ for ancient warrior philosophy, strategy, and discipline — adapted for the modern mind. This video is a narrative and philosophical interpretation, written, structured, edited, and directed by the channel creator. All visuals, audio pacing, transitions, and music are intentionally arranged to serve the message and storytelling.

When A Man Works With His Hands...A Quotation by Andrew T. Still

Monday, May 25, 2026

Everything Happens For A Reason - Author Unknown

Sunday, May 24, 2026

Happy Memorial Day 2026

I am wishing all whom visit my blog a Happy Memorial Day 2026.

To Forget One's Ancestors Is To Be A...A Chinese Proverb

To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.

~ Chinese Proverb

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Animo Flore Defined

While I Am Here I Expect To Tell The Straight, Unvarnished Truth - A Quotation by Andrew T. Still

I expect when I am gone that I will come back every week or so to see what Osteopathy is doing. I want to see if it is run off of I the face of the earth. In the earlier ages the people didn't know anything of medicine, and they lived a long time. The less they knew of it, the more good food they ate and the longer they lived. Our work here is to overcome the effects of medicine. Nine-tenths of the clients that come here, while they are wrenched and strained in many places in the body, have to be treated first by turning on the nerves of excretory organs of the system, for the purpose of cleaning up the dirty house in which we find the human soul dwelling. What do we find? We find the liver not acting properly, we find some lung affected and stones in the gallbladder. We go a little further down to the renal nerves, veins, and arteries, to those of the kidneys. They are out of order. We go down to the water-bladder and find specimens. Specimens of what? Of the thoughtless stupidity of man, who by taking medicine, has converted the liver into a bank of cinnabar (Google: a bright red to reddish-brown mineral composed of mercury sulfide).Any person in the audience has the privilege of raising your hand and saying I am wrong, if I state anything that is not correct. I am fighting for God and I am going to hit them square in the face. While I am here I expect to tell the straight, unvarnished truth.

Andrew T. Still

Founder of Osteopathy.

Friday, May 22, 2026

A Submission Prescription - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

The white coat lies

A submission prescription

Adverse side effects

Note: I wrote this poem a few days ago in the haiku style of poetry and published it for the first time today, the 22nd of May, 2026. Often the reality is far from the words spoken.

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The Fruits Of Our Love - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

The fruits of our love

Was born of our time on Earth

Nourishing others

Note: I wrote this poem a few days ago in the haiku style of poetry and published it for the firs time today, the 22nd of May, 2026. It is in our actions that are directed by both our human and Divine love that healthy and nutritious fruit grows and ripens.

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Thursday, May 21, 2026

Selfishness Results In Tragedies - A Quotation by Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

Selfishness - it prevents families from avoiding their tragedies

Many problems, even tragedies, in families could be avoided if a little less selfishness were the rule. For example, here is a man totally absorbed by his professional life, who spends his time travelling away from home or in meetings. When he does come home, tired, preoccupied, and often in a bad mood, he falls into an armchair and buries himself in the newspaper, making it quite clear to his wife that he does not want to be bothered with all the problems of the house, the children, and so on. There may be all sorts of signs that his wife is getting fed up with this situation, but he is oblivious. His wife and children are there and the house is in order, so everything is fine. Then, one evening, he comes home and is astonished to find that she has taken the children and left. He cannot understand why. It is a terrible shock from which he cannot recover; he is devastated and goes to consult a psychoanalyst. The situation had been brewing for many years under his very eyes, but he did not notice, because he was so self-centered.

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov was a Bulgarian philosopher, pedagogue, mystic, and esotericist. A leading 20th-century teacher of Western Esotericism in Europe, he was a disciple of Peter Deunov, the founder of the Universal White Brotherhood.

Sunlight And Water - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

They fought for us all

Soldiers with hearts of God´s Light

Sunlight and water

Note: I wrote this poem a few days ago in the haiku style of poetry and published it for the first time today, the 21st of May, 2025. This one I cannot really interpret for you, that you must do for yourself.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Safe People - A Quotation by Loner Wolf

Aletheia Luna and Mateo Sol are psychospiritual educators, authors, guides, and the creators behind lonerwolf.com.

Monday, May 18, 2026

Courage Is...Author Unknown

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Bid en Mediteer - 'n Aanhaling deur M.N. Hopkins

Bid en mediteer en vra vir die Gawe van Genade aan die Mens. Vra dat die Goddelike Lig van die Hemel jou sal omring en jou sal vervul met Sy lewensgewende krag en sien die resultate. Jou vrese sal begin wegsmelt namate die Liefde in jou harte sal groei.